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Daltons welcome IPM after hosting in 2012
Daltons played host to the Huron
County Plowing Match in 2012.
At the time, the Daltons said it was
simply proximity that made their
farm a worthy candidate to host the
match, but their sons had been
involved with plowing nearly 15
years earlier, working with fellow
Walton resident Graeme Craig, who
was the chair of the 1999 IPM, the
last to be held in Huron County, and
George Townsend, who has been
involved with competitive plowing
in Huron County for decades.
The Daltons' involvement with
competitive plowing over the years
was casual compared to neighbours
like the Townsends, the Doddses and
the McGavins, but they were always
aware of the activity and what it
meant to the culture of Huron
County. It's that culture and its
foundation in the rural way of life
that makes the IPM so important for
the community this year.
While the main goal of the IPM is
to provide an opportunity for some
of the country's best competitors to
strut their stuff on Ontario's richest
fields, what the IPM does year after
year means so much more to rural
residents, she said.
The IPM, Dalton said, is all about
showcasing rural Ontario to people
who may not come from a rural
background. Making those
connections, she said, is one of the
most important things rural Ontario
residents can do.
"It's important to showcase
agriculture," Dalton said. "People
are becoming more and more
removed from it and this is a real
chance to show them a good time."
Agriculture, however, isn't new to
the Dalton family, whose members
have been plying their trade in the
world of farming for decades in
Huron County.
Ken, not unlike IPM host Jack
Ryan, grew up in very close
proximity to his current farm on
Canada Company Road. Ryan
worked his way around his current
block over the course of his life and
various "moves" from lot to lot.
Ken's parents, Percy Dalton and
Mavis McClure, both have a long
history in McKillop Township.
Ken's family began farming on
Blyth Road as a beef cattle
operation. Ken would soon take the
operation over alongside his brother
when their parents moved into
Seaforth. The two would eventually
part ways to work on their own
individual farms, leaving Ken at the
home farm to continue that legacy of
family agriculture.
Brenda's family also has strong
agricultural roots in Huron County.
Growing up around Egmondville
near Seaforth, Brenda's parents,
Gladys Earl and Lloyd Haney ran a
mixed farming operation comprised
of dairy and beef cattle, as well as
other elements in what would have
then been a rural part of Tuckersmith
Township.
Brenda's roots don't run quite as
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Ken and Brenda Dalton played host to the Huron County
Plowing Match in 2012 and now they'll be leasing some of
their land to the International Plowing Match this
September. Brenda will also be co-chairing the Lifestyles
Tent at the match. (Shawn Lou
ynnn photo)
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
One of the biggest attractions for
women at each year's International
Plowing Match (IPM) is the
Lifestyles Tent and this year's
programming has been placed in two
pairs of very capable hands.
Brenda Dalton and Cheryl Ryan,
both proud residents of Canada
Company Road just south of Walton,
will be heading up the Lifestyles
program and while details can't be
shared just yet, there is plenty to be
excited about.
The program, Dalton said, will
focus on a wide spectrum of
interests, including landscaping and
fashion, as well as some rather
famous and engaging speakers.
Because the Lifestyles program
falls on the 100th IPM and on
Canada's 150th birthday, Dalton
says there are some special events
planned that will be revealed in the
coming months.
The two women at the head of the
program have long histories in
Huron County and have long been
supporters of competitive plowing in
the community. They are part of the
network of residents around the farm
of Jack Ryan and over a dozen other
landowners who are all leasing their
land to the IPM in hopes of making
the match a success.
Several acres belonging to Ken
and Brenda Dalton's farm, for
example, will be used for the match
this year as well. This is something
to which they're no stranger, as the
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